Etymograph

English

Walrussia

Blend of walrus + Russia; a mocking name coined at the time the territory was purchased by the United States from Russia.

A blend of walrus + Russia

Dutch walrus ‘walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae…’

English walrus

Old East Slavic Русь

Medieval Latin Russia

English Russia

The story

Blend of walrus + Russia; a mocking name coined at the time the territory was purchased by the United States from Russia.

Today it means

name Alaska.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Walrussia